2024 CANR Faculty and Staff Awards Reception
Thursday, May 2, 2024
2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Formal program begins at 3 p.m.
MPS Atrium
1066 Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI 48824
Each year the college recognizes faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In addition to the awards listed below, we will celebrate new hires, promotion and tenure, years of service milestones and other key CANR awards.
View the 2024 Awards Program
View photos from the reception
The awards program includes formal recognition of the following awards:
CANR Teaching Awards
- Camden Endowed Teacher/Scholar Award: Karen Waite, Department of Animal Science
- CANR Excellence in Teaching – Established Teacher Award: Tyler Becker, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
- CANR Excellence in Teaching – New Teacher Award: Michele Nikolai, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
- CANR Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award: Tanya Iretskaia, Department of Community Sustainability
- MSU Extension Excellence in Teaching: Laurie Rivetto and Carol Bublitz
CANR Excellence in Research Awards
- Early Career Researcher Award
- Established (Mid-Career) Researcher Award
- Research Fellow (Career) Awards
- Impact Award
- 2023: SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology-Wastewater Evaluation and Reporting (SEWERS) Network
- Joan Rose, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
- Erin Dreelin, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Nishita D'Souza, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Rebecca Ives, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Jade Mitchell, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
- Ryan Julien, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
- Mackenzie DeRaad, Lyman Briggs College, Zoology
- Lydia Arbaugh, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Xijiao Wang, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
- Spencer Kuehn, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Simran Singh, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Alex Tran, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Corrine Caponigro, Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Natural Science
- Emily Zak, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science
- Melissa Downs, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Sarah Holmes, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- 2024: Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: An Investigation of Pasture and Rangeland Soil Health and its Drivers (3M) Team
- Jason Rowntree, Department of Animal Science
- Matt Raven, Department of Community Sustainability
- Melissa McKendree, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
- Frank Lupi, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
- Jeremiah Asher, Institute of Water Research
- 2023: SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology-Wastewater Evaluation and Reporting (SEWERS) Network
CANR Outstanding Academic Advisor: Erin Hannah
Paul Roberts Awards for Distinguished Service in Education Abroad: Southern African Wildlife College
CANR Staff Awards
- CANR Staff Dean's Award of Distinction: Paul Bloese, Department of Forestry
- CANR Excellence in Research Performance and Support: Lynn Worden, Department of Animal Science
- CANR Early Achievement Award: Kevin Cox, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
- Spirit of CANR: Ashley Lathrop, Department of Community Sustainability
CANR Global Scholars
- 2024 CANR Global Scholars in Research: Daniel Uyeh, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
- 2024 CANR Global Scholar in Extension:
CANR You Belong Here Champion Awards
- You Belong Here Faculty Award: Callista Rakhmatov, Department of Entomology and CANR International Programs
- You Belong Here Undergraduate Student Award: Lex Stuart, Department of Animal Science
- You Belong Here Graduate Student Award: Sharron (Ronnie) Miller, Department of Entomology
- You Belong Here Staff Award: Stephanie Chau, Undergraduate Diversity
CANR DEI Badge Awards
- Platinum badge awards:
- Department of Animal Science
- Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Community Sustainability
- Department of Entomology
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
- School of Packaging
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
- MSU Extension Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute
- School of Planning, Design and Construction
- Gold badge awards:
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
- Department of Forestry
- Kellogg Biological Station
- MSU Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute
- MSU Extension Health and Nutrition Institute
CANR Teaching Awards
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Becker receives CANR Excellence in Teaching – Established Teacher Award
Published on April 19, 2024
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Iretskaia receives Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award
Published on April 19, 2024
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Waite honored with CANR Camden Endowed Teaching Award
Published on April 19, 2024
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Bublitz and Rivetto receive MSU Extension Excellence in Teaching Awards
Published on April 19, 2024
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Nikolai honored with Excellence in Teaching – New Teacher Award
Published on April 19, 2024
CANR Research Awards
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Impactful research projects honored with CANR Excellence in Research Impact Award
Published on April 19, 2024
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Li receives CANR Research Fellow Career Award
Published on April 19, 2024
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Patterson, Perry, Bennett receive CANR Early Career Researcher Awards
Published on April 19, 2024
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Nejadhashemi and Lock receive CANR Established Mid-Career Researcher Awards
Published on April 19, 2024
CANR Outstanding Academic Advisor
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Bosch-Hannah receives 2024 CANR Outstanding Academic Advisor Award
Published on April 19, 2024
H. Paul Roberts Award for Distinguished Service in Study Abroad Programs
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CANR honors recipient of 2024 H. Paul Roberts Award for Distinguished Service in Study Abroad Programs
Published on April 19, 2024
CANR Staff Advisory Committee Staff Awards
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Bloese honored with 2024 CANR Staff Dean’s Award of Distinction
Published on April 19, 2024
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Worden receives 2024 CANR Excellence in Research Performance and Support Award
Published on April 19, 2024
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Lathrop receives 2024 Spirit of CANR Award
Published on April 19, 2024
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Cox receives 2024 CANR Early Achievement Award
Published on April 19, 2024
CANR Global Scholars
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CANR honors Jones, Brinn and Havern as 2024 Global Scholars in Extension
Published on April 19, 2024
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CANR honors Uyeh as 2024 Global Scholar in Research
Published on April 19, 2024
CANR Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awards
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CANR highlights department unit initiatives around DEI
Published on April 19, 2024
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CANR recognizes outstanding DEI efforts with 2024 You Belong Here Awards
Published on April 19, 2024